# Welcome to the Canadoper Café, 2025! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410 "2024-12-31T21:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/621 "2025-04-03T09:54:18Z")
Judges are there to make sure that legal proceedings are conducted according to law. Try quoting Matthew 7:1 at the judge of your next trial. See how far that gets you. “I’m out of order? You’re out of order! This whole system’s out of order! _smugly awaits mistrial_” ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/623 "2025-04-03T12:40:47Z")
Yup, the SDMB is a hive of rabble rousers and shenanigans. 🥸 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/624 "2025-04-03T18:19:57Z")
Well, at least it’s not a wretched hive of scum and villainy. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/625 "2025-04-03T18:32:39Z")
heh, that was a reply to a new member who (now) seems to have been memory hole’d. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/626 "2025-04-07T00:28:51Z")
dissension in the south [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-us-tariffs-north-south-dakota-farmers-1.7502342](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-us-tariffs-north-south-dakota-farmers-1.7502342) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/627 "2025-04-08T01:47:05Z")
Read in the paper Trump charged a tariff of fifty percent to St. Pierre and Miquelon. That was higher than anyone, except Lesotho. What do they possibly export to the US? They only export three million worth of stuff everywhere and half of that is processed crustaceans. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/628 "2025-04-08T21:28:56Z")
I was surprised that my income tax (submitted with Ufile) was processed, with a Notice of Assessment generated from CRA - within half an hour. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/629 "2025-04-11T03:05:42Z")
Found this a very interesting article. > # **Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada’s Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs** > > ### Carney, Japan And The EU proved America’s Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes > _April 10, 2025_ > > Let’s talk about the moment Donald Trump blinked. It wasn’t loud. It wasn’t a tweetstorm or a rally rant. When the tariff threats that had the world on edge—125% on China, 25% on Canada’s autos, a global trade war in the making—suddenly softened. A “pause,” he called it. A complete turnaround from the chest-thumping of the past week. And the reason? Mark Carney and a slow, deliberate financial maneuver that most people didn’t even notice: the coordinated Treasury bond slow bleed. > **[Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs](https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-checkmate-how-canadas-quiet)** > > Carney, Japan And The EU proved America's Idiot Emperor Has No Clothes ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/630 "2025-04-12T03:17:07Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Found this a very interesting article. Found an even more interestinger article. > **[Unpacking claims that Canadian PM Mark Carney orchestrated a US Treasurys...](https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/11/canada-mark-carney-treasurys-sell-off/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fcanada)** > > The allegation came from a staunch supporter of Carney in Canada's upcoming federal election; Snopes contacted him and Carney for clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/631 "2025-04-12T03:29:48Z")
But far more importantly than who is going to run the country into the ground (because whoever does win someone will claim, probably rightly, that they are being screwed.) Does anyone remember Mother’s Pizza back in the 80’s/90’s? They had a menu item that I’m trying to replicate called the ‘Pizza on a bun’. I found lots of similar recipes, but none do justice to what was a perfect mix of pizza toppings, cheese, on a garlic bread base (looked like a Safeway french loaf cut in half). There was a reopening of the chain in Ontario a few years ago, but they didn’t have it on their menu any longer. For all I know it was a regional item in Calgary. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/632 "2025-04-12T03:34:45Z")
Although foreign investment in the US was an obvious weakness, I doubt Carney would be that blunt about antagonizing the US. Japan and China have more bond investments than Canada and both made noise after Trump’s liberation moves. I think few expected Trump’s tariff formula to be so simplistic. The number did not directly reflect any barriers to US trade nor suggest what could be changed to reduce it. Indeed, countries that bought US bonds instead of US goods were punished by higher tariffs. If Carney did it, which is hard to see given he did not likely know Trump’s formula, he certainly would not admit it to Snopes. Since the Japanese were reportedly blunter about their intentions, I’ll go with that unless there is more info. It doesn’t actually matter who started this fairly obvious countermeasure anyway. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/633 "2025-04-12T03:36:36Z")
Exactly. 👍 🦘 I do think Carney’s trip to Europe may have involved what if defensive measures…coordinated attack tho …iffy. ☕ ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/634 "2025-04-12T08:01:53Z")
Canadians avoiding US - bookings down 40% [https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6720619](https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6720619) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/635 "2025-04-12T08:10:38Z")
And Americans nervous about visiting Canada: > **[American tourists grow nervous about visiting Canada](https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/american-tourists-grow-nervous-about-visiting-canada/)** > > American tourists visiting Canada have expressed concern crossing the border and how they will be received by Canadians amid a heated trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s continuous jabs at the country. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/636 "2025-04-12T08:36:54Z")
yup a completely stoopid situation. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/637 "2025-04-12T16:25:11Z")
85% of Canadians are “proud to be Canadian”. I’ve been reading coupla books by Mark Critch. He had a funny bit about imagining French language advocates complaining about emojis and internet acronyms. “That smiley face still does not look smug enough. Try adding a wine glass.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/638 "2025-04-13T02:38:33Z")
And a Gauloise. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/639 "2025-04-13T04:06:36Z")
eh 🤷 [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1b/d5/90/1bd59080ef06f16f7770048fdf7595b4.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1b/d5/90/1bd59080ef06f16f7770048fdf7595b4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/640 "2025-04-15T06:26:16Z")
OK, I’m just gonna say it. As someone who’s unequivocally liberal on most issues, there’s something about Doug Ford that I’ve always liked. He handled the pandemic well. He’s been one of the most vocal politicians against the Trump tariffs. And as a retired person, I appreciate the financial relief he’s offered. **[And now this:](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-responds-teneycke-criticism-poilievre-campaign-1.7510103)** > Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending his former campaign manager’s criticisms of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, telling reporters “sometimes the truth hurts.” Poilievre is a fucking moron. It may be unusual for the leader of a provincial political party to be criticizing his federal counterpart, but Ford is doing it, and good for him! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410/641 "2025-04-15T06:39:07Z")
Except for his fixation with a new highway I’d agree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-to-the-canadoper-cafe-2025/1012410.md?page=33)